Improvement in seed-coverers for grain-drills



J. "S. GAGE.

. Seed-Drill Attachment.

Patented-Aug. 26, 1862.

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UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE;

JOHN S. GAGE, OF DOWAGIAG, MICHIGAN.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 36,291, dated August 26, 1862.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN S. GAGE, of'Dowagiae, in the county of Cas State of Michigan, have invented a new and Improved Seed- (Jovererfor Seeding-Machines; and [do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and

exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this specification, in which-- Figure 1 is a top'view of myiuventiou. Fig.

2 is a bottom" view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a side view of the same.

.Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the three figures.

This invention is designed 10 be an improvement on the machine for which Letters Patent No. 29,071 were granted to John S. Gage, and also improvement on the machine for which Letters Patent No. 34,955 were granted to John S. Gage and P. D. Beekwith; and it consists in a novel form of the coverer, whereby the earth, when wet or adhesive,is entirely prevented from adhering to their lower surfaces, thus enabling them to do good work where it would otherwise be impossible, and

at the same time a great saving thereby ef-- fected in the power required to draw the machine; secondly, where the earth is compact and hard weights may be placed on the covcrers, causing them to enter deeper into the compact surface, thereby covering the seed much better than they otherwise could.

To enable others skilled in the art fully to understand and construct my invention, 1 will proceed to describe it. v

A represents a coverer divided into two equal parts where it comesin contact with the earth and for a few inches above, and each part placed at a slight angle with the line of draft.

B represents an open space between the two I parts of the coverer from two to three inches in width, through which the wet soil will readily pass, instead of beiugcarried forward with the coverer.

0 represents a slight projection of the coverer on its upper edge, on which Weights may be placed and held when it is desiredto have the coverer heavier to do perfect work.

The operation is as follows: As the machine moves forward the soil will be drawn by the coverers from their extreme edges toward t hei r center or open space,'where it will pa s out, thus entirely preventing it from sticking to the coverer.

JOHN S. GAGE.

Witnesses:

WM. H. GAGE, A. I. GAGE. 

